Trends

Footfall boost continues into the Black Friday weekend, according to Sensormatic Solutions Shoppertrak Analytics

2nd December 2024|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

After a +4.8 percent year-on-year boost to in-store traffic on Black Friday (29th Nov 2024), footfall on the Saturday of the Black Friday weekend (30th Nov 2024) [...]

A quarter of UK consumers plan to treat themselves this Christmas, finds Blackhawk Network (BHN)

21st November 2024|Christmas, Company News, Latest News, Trends|

22 percent of UK consumers plan to buy themselves gifts this Christmas  47 percent of UK consumers plan to turn to AI to help with Christmas gifts  [...]

Consumers now expect retailers to provide personalised offers, finds new American Express research

15th November 2024|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

New research from American Express reveals shoppers are becoming increasingly discerning when it comes to winning their loyalty – with retailers responding by prioritising new tailored ways [...]

Black Friday weekend spending to hit £9.14bn as shoppers stock up for Christmas

13th November 2024|Christmas, Company News, Latest News, Trends|

Shoppers expected to spend £9.14bn this Black Friday Weekend (29th Nov – 2nd Dec) – up 4.5 percent YoY Black Friday sales up 5.6 percent YoY to [...]

Research reveals consumers want to shop local this festive season as small business pop-up from Mastercard and Worldpay arrives at Birmingham’s Bullring

11th November 2024|Christmas, Company News, Latest News, Trends|

Mastercard research shows 72 percent of Birmingham residents want to shop local this festive season, while 82 percent say small businesses are important to the local economy [...]

Millennials will return a quarter of all Black Friday fashion purchases, according to True Fit’s research

7th November 2024|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

Millennials and Gen Z shoppers are expected to be the highest returning demographics when it comes to sending back fashion purchases bought on Black Friday this year, [...]

Younger shoppers lead the bricks and mortar retail revival, RetailNext data shows

6th November 2024|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

Despite frequent digital-first and social media dependent stereotyping, Gen Z and Millennial shoppers are the most frequent visitors to UK retail stores, helping drive the physical retail [...]

Half-term Halloween treats retailers to a +17.7 percent boost to UK store footfall

4th November 2024|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

This year, Halloween coincided with both school half-term and the religious festival of Diwali, helping to further boost in-store shopper visits High Streets saw the biggest weekly rise [...]

Super Saturday tipped to be the busiest in-store shopping day of Peak Trading 2024

10th October 2024|Christmas, Company News, Latest News, Trends|

UK footfall data indicates that Super Saturday will again see higher in-store traffic than any other day during the 2024 Peak Trading season Black Friday’s impact on [...]

Back To School boost sees online revenues rise +5.3 percent year-on-year, Wunderkind’s data shows

18th September 2024|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

Back To School, an increasingly important trading period for UK retailers, delivered a welcome boost to online retail revenues, according to the latest data from Wunderkind, the AI-driven [...]

Younger shoppers urge brands to increase use of digital channels for customer service, says new survey

17th September 2024|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

Survey reveals that 16-24-year-olds report WhatsApp as their top preference for contacting a brand, followed closely by Instagram Less than half (43 percent) of UK consumers say [...]

August bank holiday set to brighten retail and hospitality with £600m boost

22nd August 2024|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

The August bank holiday is set to boost retail and hospitality sales by 15 percent, equating to an additional £600 million contribution to the economy, according to [...]

Visa data shows boost in tourism in France as the Olympic Games Paris 2024 come to a close

13th August 2024|Latest News, Trends|

42 percent more tourists traveled to Paris in the first week of the Olympic Games, with US Visa cardholders representing the largest share of visitors (72 percent, [...]

Visa data shows how spending at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 is boosting the French economy

8th August 2024|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

26 percent year-on-year rise in sales for Paris small businesses during the first weekend of the Olympic Games Paris 2024[1] Significant increase in spending from Visa cardholders [...]

Retail sales come home as football fever boosts revenue by 35 percent

1st August 2024|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

New data from eCommerce provider Visualsoft shows just how big the influence of Euro 2024 and football fever has been on the nation’s spending. When looking at sales in [...]

Bridgerton sparks vintage boom as demand for authentic regency-era items rockets

24th July 2024|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

Interest in genuine early 19th century clothing and jewellery surges by up to 500 percent  ‘Regencycore’ trend sparked by immense success of newest season of hit Netflix show [...]

Retail and hospitality spend set to reach £491.4m during Euro 2024 Semi-Final stage

9th July 2024|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

26m consumers will watch at least one Semi-Final game, spending £491.4m Retailers are predicted to generate £259.5m in food and drink sales as 19m fans tune into [...]

June’s mixed weather hinders the high street, but boosts takeaways, subscriptions and entertainment

9th July 2024|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

Card spending fell for the first time since February 2021, as retailers were hampered by cold weather early in the month  Consumer cutbacks and falling food price [...]

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